O'Donnell replied that it would not. Tedisco eventually made his point that "what I see here is someone trying to fit into marriage a new definition that fits their agenda and their lifestyle. But when we move to another level, we have a boundary here."

His boundary, he said, would be at a man and woman. "Those who are being bisexual and say, 'I want to marry a woman and I want to marry a man,' are saying to you: you're being discriminatory."

The members I was sitting next to started to murmur.

Assemblyman Micah Kellner, who is bisexual, and unmarried, rose to clarify the point: There would still only be one wedding per bisexual person. And he would love to attend. Heterosexual or homosexual.

"I don't need a plus-one," he said. "I'm going to meet someone at the wedding no matter what."